Wind Modulation of Dissolved Oxygen in Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1164-1175

  Scully, Malcolm E ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Dissolved oxygen; Hypoxia; Vertical mixing; Wind

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PYCNOCLINE; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955924026     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9319-9     Document Type: Article

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